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- Supernatural AbilityDeath RowFalse AccusationPrison LifeConfinedDeadlyDishonestyMind and Soul more...
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- DramaHollywood ToneFantasyPeriod
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- 20th Century30s
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- USAPrison
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- Award WinnerBlockbusterCritically AcclaimedModern Classic
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- Voice Over
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- Based on Book
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The Green Mile, 1999
English, French
USA
Profile of The Green Mile
The Green Mile can be described as sentimental, emotional, and contemplative. The plot revolves around death row, prison life, and a false accusation. The main genres are drama, fantasy, and period. In terms of style, The Green Mile has a Hollywood tone and includes a voice over. In approach, it is serious. It is set, at least in part, in a prison. The Green Mile is located in the USA. It takes place in the 1930s. It is based on a book. The Green Mile has received attention for being a modern classic, a blockbuster, and an award winner. Note that it involves violent content and profanity.
Summary of The Green Mile
Director Frank Darabont's second adaptation of a Stephen King prison tale (the first being 1994's nearly flawless THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION) is a hopeful charmer with a hint of the supernatural. The story focuses on Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks), a Louisiana security guard who works on death row during the Great Depression. When John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan), a gigantic black man convicted of raping and murdering two white girls, joins the other prisoners on the row, Paul's life is forever altered. Coffey doesn't fit the mold of a psychopathic killer; he's kind, gentle, and afraid of the dark. As the story progresses, Edgecomb learns that there is something more than simple goodness to Coffey. Building to a hopeful climax, Darabont once again proves that he is King's most loyal cinematic translator. The film features uniformly excellent performances in leading and supporting roles, notably Duncan as Coffey; David Morse and Barry Pepper as Hanks's fellow prison guards; and Michael Jeter as condemned killer Edward Delacroix.
Details
| Language: | English, French |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 10 December 1999 |
| Runtime: | 188 min |
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as Paul Edgecomb
as John Coffey
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Critics Reviews
Film.com
Darabont follows King's book fairly closely, allowing the audience to steep itself in the setting and characters slowly, like reading a good novel.
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- by: Sean Means
USA Today
Well acted by an ensemble that leans toward equality for all, Mile carries its long running time extremely well.
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- by: Mike Clark
Users Reviews
Rarely has a film been the object of such changing perceptions as The Green Mile. A decade after the film?s release, it?s one of the most loved films of the 1990s. But it wasn't always so. At the time of it?s release it got mixed reviews by critics...
- 16.February.2010
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- by: etragedy
- etragedy rated this movie
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This movie touched my heart. Riveting tale of an inmate who changing the perception of someones world. Highly recommended!
- 22.October.2008
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- by: Enessa
- Enessa rated this movie7/10Good
